Indotyphlops ahsanai is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3] The species is endemic to Pakistan. No further information is available about this species because it is rarely encountered, and apparently of small number. No picture of the snake has been recorded yet۔
| Indotyphlops ahsanai | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Indotyphlops |
| Species: | I. ahsanai
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| Binomial name | |
| Indotyphlops ahsanai (Khan, 1999)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Etymology edit
The specific name, ahsanai, is in honor of Pakistani zoologist Ahsanul-Islam (1927–1974).[4]
Geographic range edit
References edit
- ^ a b Species Indotyphlops ahsanai at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops ahsanai, p. 3).
Further reading edit
- Hedges SB, Marion AB, Lipp KM, Marin J, Vidal N (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology (49): 1-61. (Indotyphlops ahsanai, new combination).
- Khan MS (1999). "Two new species of blind snakes genus Typhlops from Azad Kashmir and Punjab, Pakistan (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)". Russian Journal of Herpetology 6 (3): 231–240. (Typhlops ahsanai, new species, p. 238).